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State of the Data Center 2024 Webinar Recap

Thursday, February 1, 2024  

Watch the recording of AFCOM's annual State of the Data Center report webinar, including critical updates on data center construction methods, supply chain challenges, and the ways in which the industry is accommodating the rising demand of AI-driven technologies.

Changes in the data center industry are a constant. But changes at this level are truly seismic. Our industry continues to see unprecedented growth, new customer requirements, and changes in how we are being asked to deploy physical infrastructure. The 2024 AFCOM State of the Data Center report will explore explored all new topics and a range of questions to understand better the critical trends impacting the data center community.

New topics include insights on modular construction, cloud workload migrations, emerging security threats, working with renewable energy and high-density computing incorporating GPUs and AI. The data center, pivotal to digital transformation, has established itself as a crucial element in creating and designing advanced digital solutions. Presented by Bill Kleyman, the 2024 AFCOM State of the Data Center webinar will cover:

  • Key trends and metrics on data center construction and methods of construction
  • Emerging security threats (both physical and logical)
  • Supply chain challenges and updates
  • Cloud migration, the types of workloads that are moving, and the impact on the facility once migrated
  • Updates on cooling and power consumption
  • Emerging trends around new power sources

 

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